About Past 2008
CHAIRMAN 2008
- Sunil Lulla, CEO & Managing Director, Times Global Broadcasting Co. Pvt. Ltd.
SPEAKERS 2008
- Amitava Chattopadhyay, The L'Oréal Chaired Professor of Marketing - Innovation and Creativity, INSEAD, Singapore
- Amit Shukla, Chief Executive Officer, Sieger Solution Ltd.
- Anisha Motwani, Executive VP - Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer- New Markets, Max New York Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
- Anil Singh, Managing Director, Procam International
- Anurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Exchange4Media Group
- Ashutosh Tiwari, Executive Vice President (Strategic Marketing), Godrej Industries Ltd.
- Aubrey Ghose, Founder and CEO, AIS Brand Lab
- Barney Loehnis, Network Director, Isobar Asia Pacific
- Chandrashekar Pitre, National Marketing Manager, DHL Express India (Pvt) Ltd.
- Dr. Dae Ryun Chang, Professor of Marketing, Yonsei University
- David Brice, Chairman, CEO and Founder, MediaCart Holdings Inc.
- David Wheldon, Global Brand Director & Customer Experience, Vodafone
- Derek Turner-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, JWT International
- Girish Shah, Head - Branding, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
- Harmanjit Singh, General Manager - Corporate Affairs, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.
- Hemant Sachdev, Group Director - Brand, Bharti Enterprises
- Jiggy George, Executive Director, Cartoon Network Enterprises (India and South Asia.)
- Ian Gee, Branding Planning Director (Asia Pacific), Initiative
- Indraneel Ganguli, Head – Strategic Initiatives (Global Marketing and Communications), Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
- Josy Paul, Chairman and National Creative Director, BBDO India
- Kentaro Kimura, Creative Director and Co-CEO, Hakuhodo Kettle Inc.
- K. V. Srinivasan, Deputy CEO, Reliance Consumer Finance
- Dr. Kishore Gopalakrishnan Pillai, Department of Marketing, Leeds University Business School
- Mark Stinson, Founder, Stinson Brand Innovation Inc.
- Dr. Michel Cao-Tuan Phan, Professor of Marketing, LVMH Chaired Professor and Academic Director of Mastercard-ESSEC Luxury Brand Mangement Executive Program, ESSEC Business School Paris
- M. G. Parameswaran, Execuitive Director and CEO - Mumbai, Draftfcb + Ulka Advertising
- Naveen Kshatriya, CEO and MD, Castrol India Limited and Regional VP, BP Lubricants (Africa, S Asia and Middle East, Turkey)
- Nicolas Colinos, Deputy Sales Director, Eurosport Asia
- Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing Harvard, IMD, Director - Centre for Marketing, Co-Director Aditya Birla India Centre, UK London Business School
- Patrick Collings, Founding Partner, Sagacite Brand Agency
- Partho Dasgupta, MD and CEO, Future Media India Ltd.
- Pearl Uppal, Director Sales, Yahoo! India
- Prasad Narasimhan, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile India
- Prashant Mehta, Vice President & Head, Advertiser & Partner Group, Emerging Markets Yahoo! Inc.
- Prasoon Joshi, Executive Chairman & Regional Creative Director, Asia Pacific, McCann Erickson India Limited
- Rajesh Jejurikar, Chief of Operations (Automotive Sector), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
- Rajesh Sawhney, President, Reliance Entertainment Ltd.
- Rajeev Jaitly, VP - Sales and Marketing, DB Corp Ltd.
- Ravi Deshpande, Chief Creative Officer, Contract Advertising
- Rohan Vaidya, Country General Manager (India / South Asia), Info Print Solutions Company Pte Ltd.
- R. Balakrishnan, Chairman and National Creative Director, Lowe
- Dr. Richard Ettenson, Associate Professor of Global Marketing, Global Business Faculty, Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Robert Campbell, Regional Creative Brand Planning Director, Y & R Brands Asia
- Rohit Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd.
- Roxanne Aquino, Managing Director, EffectiveBrands Pte Ltd.
- Sam Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Capital Ltd.
- Sanjay Purohit, Director - Sales and Marketing, Cadbury India Ltd.
- Sanjay Behl, Head of Branding & Marketing, Reliance Communications
- Sarmad Ali, Managing Director Marketing & Advertising Sales, Jang Group
- Satish K Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Outdoor Media Integrated
- Saugata Gupta, CEO - Consumer Products, Marico Ltd.
- Shalini Wadhwa, CEO & Managing Director, Speciality Media Pvt Ltd.
- Sicco Van Gelder, Director, Placebrands
- Sean McCoy, Founder Member and Chief Executive, HKLM
- Sunder Hemrajani, Managing Director, Times Innovative Media Ltd.
- Sunil Lulla, Director and Group CEO, Alva Brothers Entertainment
- S. K. Palekar, Senior VP - Marketing, Eureka Forbes Ltd.
- Suprio Guha, Publisher, Economist
- Shubhajit Sen, Executive VP - Marketing, Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Health Ltd.
- T. Hari, Head-Global Marketing & Communications, Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
- Tapio Hedman, Sr VP Category Marketing, Nokia
- Thebeetsile Ikalafeng, Founder, The Brand Leadership Group
- Terry Behan, Founder, Fearless Executive
- Vahid Mehrinfar, Executive Principal and Chief Brand Futurists, Vahid Associates Brand Futurists
- V. Shantakumar, Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi India
- Wilson Chew, Group CEO and Principal consultant, SrategicCom
ADVISORY COUNCIL 2008
- Aftab Mehmud Khurshid, SAVP, Head of Corporate Brand, Marketing & Communication, Trust Bank
- Aftab Tapal, Managing Director, Tapal Tea
- A W Idris, President, Lebanese Association of Marketing and Advertising (LAMA)
- Alban Kang, Partner, IP & Technology Group
- Avishesha Bhojani, Group Chief Executive Office, BPG Group
- Colin Miles, Executive Vice President & Co-Founder, i-POP Networks
- Cynthia Gordon, Vice President Marketing, MTS Company
- Dae Ryun Chang, Prof. of Marketing & Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies - Yonsei University, Executive Director, Brand & Business Marketing Centre - Yonsei University
- Derek Carstens, Brand Director, FirstRand Ltd.
- Erik Charl Du Plessis, Chairman, Millward Brown SA (PTY) Ltd.
- Prof. Glyn Atwal, Professor of Marketing, ESC Rennes School of Business
- Ian Ewart, Head of Marketing and Communication, Barclays Wealth
- Jacques Bille, VP, The World Board of the International Advertising Association (IAA)
- Jane Lyne, Managing Director, Youth Dynamix
- Jawad Humayun, Chairman - Channel7 Communication (Pvt.) Ltd.
- Dr. Jerry Okungu, Media & Communications Expert - Okuthe-Okungu Associates
- Julia Wilson, President and Founder - Wilson Global Communications, LLC
- Khalid Hadi, Group Brand and Marketing Manager, ENOC LLC
- Kim Childs, Managing Director - Le Mieux Luxury Hotel Supply, CEO - Seboni Mena, President - American Business Group of Abu Dhabi
- Kingsley Smith, Founder - Management Development Asia Pacific
- Kwaku Mensa-Bonsu, Advertising Association of Ghana - International Advertising Association
- Laura Marriott, President - MMA (Mobile Marketing Association)
- Malcolm W. Joseph, Executive Director - Centre For Media Studies
- Marcel Straut, Managing Partner - Bigger Group
- Mike Da Silva, CEO - MDSA Promotion Marketing
- Pei-Ling Huang, Secretary General - Magazine Business Association
- RTS Masli, President - IAA – Indonesian Chapter
- Shafiq Uz Zaman, Managing Director - Coats Bangladesh Ltd.
- Shakir Moin, General Manager - (Singapore/Malaysia/Brunei), Coca Cola Far East Ltd.
- Shalini Wadhwa, CEO and Managing Editor / Speciality Media Pvt. Ltd.
- Simon Andrews, Chief Strategy Officer - Worldwide, Mindshare Interaction
- Teodora Midalovici, Founder - Migdale Amare
- Timothy Maurice Webster, President & CEO - Timothy Maurice and Associates
- Vahid Mehrinfar, Executive Principal and Chief Brand Futurist - Vahid Associates Brand Futurist
- Rajeev Budhiraja, Group Managing Director - Promoseven 360
- Dr. Lai Kok Fung, Co-Founder & CEO - BuzzCity Pte. Ltd.
- Anil Amarasuriya, MD & CEO - Sampath Bank Ltd.
- Himanshu Vashishtha, Managing Director - The Nielsen Company
- Lisa Watson, Founder and MD - IBIS Intelligence Services, Chairman - Direct Marketing Association
- Patrick Liew, Director - SkyQuestCom Global Pte Ltd.
- Sreedhar Subramaniam, President - Direct Marketing Association of Malaysia
- Manoj Namboodiri, Category Director - Growing up Milk & Full Cream Milk, Fonterra Brands
- Lawrence Chong, CEO - Consulus Cato Partners
- Vishnu Mohan, CEO - Havas Media Asia Pacific
- Ronen Jackson, Group Marketing Director - Alliance Group
- Thomas Jacob, International Development Director - Associated Newspaper Ltd.
- Susanne Vaas, Vice President, Business Affairs, Canada Film Telivision Production Association (CETA)
- Sean McCoy, Cheif Executive, HKLM
- Benoit Schaack, CEO, SCHAACK CONSULTING GROUP PTE LTD.
- A K Handa, Chief Strategy Officer - Lintas India
- Anisha Motwani, Executive VP - Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer - New Markets, Max New York Life Insurance Co Ltd.
- Dr. Anuj Saxena, Managing Director - Elder Health Care Ltd.
- Archana Pillai, Group Publisher - Ogaan Publications Pvt. Ltd.
- Arvind Sharma, Chairman and CEO - Leo Burnett
- Atul Hegde, CEO - Connecturf (I) Pvt. Ltd.
- B Sanjit Shastri, CEO - Beehive Communications (P) Ltd.
- C J George, Managing Director - Geojit Financial Services Ltd.
- Colvyn Harris, CEO - JWT India
- D B Dutta, Vice President - Deccan Herald
- G Balasubramanian, VP Sales & Marketing - Sapat International
- Ghanshyam Dass, Managing Director - Asia Pacific NASDAQ Stock Market
- Indraneel Ganguli, Chief Marketing Officer - Tata Technologies Ltd.
- Ketan Kulkarni, GM - Marketing, Corporate Communications & Sustainability Blue Dart Express Ltd.
- Madhavan Menon, Managing Director, Thomas Cook
- Neville Taraporewalla, CEO & Online Media Director (Asia Pacific) - Publicitas Digital
- Nirvik Singh, Chairman and CEO, South and South East Asia - Grey Group
- Piruz Khambatta, Chairman & Managing Director, Rasna Pvt. Ltd.
- Piyush Sharma, Business Development Director, India - Creative Connexions
- Pradip Shroff, President and Managing Director - PRS Permacel Pvt. Ltd.
- Prakash Jain, Manager Advertisements, Daily Hindi Milap
- Prathap Suthan, National Creative Director, Cheil Communication (SW Asia)
- Praveen Kenneth, Co-Chairman and MD, Law & Kenneth Worldwide
- Raj Gupta, Chief Strategy Officer, Lintas Total
- Rajesh Mehta, Director Marketing - South Asia, Western Union Services India Pvt. Ltd.
- Ramesh Thomas, President & Chief Knowledge Officer, Equitor Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
- Ravi Naware, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC Foods
- Sajan Raj Kurup, Chairman, Creativeland Asia Pvt. Ltd.
- Sanjeev Handa, Dy. General Manager, Maruti India Ltd.
- Saugata Gupta, CEO-Consumer Products Business, Marico Ltd.
- Shripad Nadkarni, Director, MarketGate Consulting
- Sudha Natarajan, Joint President, Lintas Group
- Suhel Seth, Co-CEO, Equus advertising Co. Ltd.
- Sunanda Ambardar Chak, Director Marketing, India & SAARC, Computer Associates
- Suman Srivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG India
- V. Shantakumar, Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
- Vijay K. Rekhi, President and MD, United Spirits Ltd.
- Vikram Mehra, Chief Marketing Officer, Tata Sky Ltd.
- U Krishnan, Managing Director, Brand Finance
- Jaspreet Bindra, MSN India Country Manager, Microsoft India
- Kiruba Shankar, Founder Director - F5ive Technologies CEO, Business Blogging
- Gayatri Yadav, Marketing Director, General Mills India Pvt. Ltd.
- Kiran Khalap, Co-Founder, Chlorophyll brand & communications consultancy
- Basant Rathore, VP-Strategic Planning, Business Development & Brand Management, Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
- Amit Varma, CEO - Audience Map and Analytics Limited (aMap)
- Nakul Chopra, CEO, South Asia, Publicis
- Naresh Gupta, Executive Vice President, Publicis
- Raj Khare, Co-Founer and Chairman, Sure Waves
- Saurabh Gupta, Founder & CEO - Phonethics Mobile Media
- Anil Srivatsa, Chief Operating Officer, Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd.
- Abhay Singhal, VP-Sales and Marketing, mKhoj Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Abhijit Saxena, CEO, Netcore Solutions
- Lloyd Mathias, CEO & Media Director (Asia Pacific), Publicitas Digital
- Sanjay Vakharia, Marketing Director, Spykar
- Sujai Srivastava, Head-Mobile Advertising, Reliance Communications
- Ashish Bhasin, Chairman India & CEO South East Asia, Aegis Media Group
- Ajay Chandwani, Chief Executive Officer, Percept India
- Nanette D'Sa, Sr. Vice President (L&M), Star India Pvt. Ltd.
- Jasmin Sohrabji, Managing Director, Omnicom Media Group
- Vijay Chandok, Sr. Manager, ICICI Bank Ltd.
- Harmanjit Singh, GM - Corporate Affairs, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.
- Avijit Nanda, President, TimesofMoney Ltd.